Don't forget the never mentioned requirement for content from Amazon on your KF devices that you connect to the we at least every 30-days or most of your content and ever apps will stop working until you do allow the DRM to refresh itself.

This NEVER happens to any content or software on my other Android devices. Heck, I don't think it even happens on iOS devices.

This one caught me with my pants-down on a trip where I knew I was going to be out of town and contact so I began setting my KF up with content over a month prior then just let it be other than charging only to find pretty much nothing worked save a few apps I bought from Google Play and side-loaded to the KF.

I did not know that. Quite the bummer. Guess people use them often enough that their DRM is renewed, but you're right that would certainly preclude consideration. Strange that Amazon can get away without mentioning it in specs.

I did not know that. Quite the bummer. Guess people use them often enough that their DRM is renewed, but you're right that would certainly preclude consideration. Strange that Amazon can get away without mentioning it in specs.

Even worse on a non Amazon tablet you have to have the app store installed and be logged in to your account to use the apps.

Do we have confirmation yet that the new Kindle Fire (any model) doesn't have USB host mode? If it's got USB host mode, that solves your problem right there.

Only for moving stuff onto and off of the device (which means shuffling what's already on the device, of course). If you want to actually access the data (eg, watch a movie) while it's on an attached thumb drive, it's a major pain because of the slow USB speeds, the thumb drive heating up (haven't met one over a gig that didn't since I can't afford the upper end , and the thumb drive accidentally getting hit and wrecking the socket when you shift your grip or put the device down incautiously.

???
I can use my apps fine without being connected to the net on my Android devices.

Is this some kind of American thing?

Ahh, now I get it, if you want to use Amazon's app store apps on an Android device you need to be connected?
Yes, this is uniquely American. You guys can be so incredibly bureaucratic at times.

The Google Play Store does the same, but seems to manage it better. I don't know if it is a one off on Google when you install the app or if it is a periodic check like Amazon, but there is some behind the scenes validation going on for paid apps on the Play Store as well.

The Google Play Store does the same, but seems to manage it better. I don't know if it is a one off on Google when you install the app or if it is a periodic check like Amazon, but there is some behind the scenes validation going on for paid apps on the Play Store as well.

Not just a bad internet connection?
I guess you can hand out APK files to people, maybe they are checking for that?
When you've paid and know you're legit it becomes a nuisance, kind of like flying domestic in the US.

Don't forget the never mentioned requirement for content from Amazon on your KF devices that you connect to the we at least every 30-days or most of your content and ever apps will stop working until you do allow the DRM to refresh itself.

This NEVER happens to any content or software on my other Android devices. Heck, I don't think it even happens on iOS devices.

This one caught me with my pants-down on a trip where I knew I was going to be out of town and contact so I began setting my KF up with content over a month prior then just let it be other than charging only to find pretty much nothing worked save a few apps I bought from Google Play and side-loaded to the KF.

How many times have you had to factory reset your Kindle, Nook, Kobo e-ink device?

On the Kobo Touch, almost weekly 'til the 1.9.14 release. And my brother's had to factory reset his Android tab (a Lenovo IdeaPad or whatever their 1GHz single-core 7" tab is called) 3 times since he got it back in April or May and restoring data's just as bad on that, especially if you have a data cap.